A blog about running Ubuntu lean and mean, without any of the user friendly applications that make the distro just work for beginners. Its about getting under the hood of Ubuntu to see what makes it tick.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Give Lubuntu a try on Ubuntu 9.04

Lubuntu is based on Ubuntu 9.10, so the LXDE packages in 9.04 are old. 9.10 is just around the corner in a couple of months, or less, but if you want to try out the latest LXDE, here is the info:

Then add the following to the end of /etc/apt/sources.list-------------------------deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/shiki/lxde/ubuntu jaunty maindeb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/shiki/lxde/ubuntu jaunty mainw-------------------------

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install lxde

The lxde in 9.04 is pretty buggy, so if you want to try out Lubuntu without all the hassle, this is the way to do it. Just select "lxde" in your display manager, or "startlxde" in your .xinitrc if you startx.

Still like the polish of XFCE4 for my lightweight/lean Ubuntu installs. LXDE seems a little primitive, but for the curious, here you go.